Vocabulary
A verb that describes moving quickly or hurrying away.
Scurried
Who said "Sometimes trusting someone is about the scariest thing you can do"?
Coyote
Where are Coyote and Rodeo from?
Poplin Springs, Washington
Why does Coyote want to go home?
The demolition of Sampson Park
Which of the following is NOT a thematic topic applicable to The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise?
a. grief
b. love
c. prejudice
d. loneliness
c. prejudice
A verb that describes wasting time.
Lollygagging
Who says, "Always kindness"?
Rodeo
Where do Coyote and Rodeo say goodbye- the first time- to Salvador and Ms. Vega?
Petoskey, Michigan
How does Coyote initially plan on taking Rodeo to Poplin Springs without raising suspicion?
Coyote tells Rodeo that she had a D.E.A.D. dream, and she wants a pork chop sandwich from Pork Chop John's Sandwich Shop in Butte, Montanna.
One of the book's thematic ideas is grief. Explain in detail how you see grief addressed as a theme in the book.
When people are grieving, like Rodeo, they avoid painful memories, but the key to healing is confronting those memories even though they may hurt.
A person who is on the run from the law.
Fugitive
Who said, “You can’t spend your whole life running away”?
Lester
What is the name of the park in Poplin Springs where Coyote and her mom and sisters buried their memory box?
Sampson Park
Who are the travelers, animals included, who Coyote and Rodeo pick up along their way? In what order are these travelers picked up?
Ivan, Lester, Salvador and Esperanza, Concepcion, Val, and Gladys
Rodeo and Coyote grieve in different ways. How would you describe Rodeo's approach to grief?
Rodeo avoids thinking about his dead daughters and his dead wife. He changes his name and Coyote's name, and he starts a new life with Coyote in order to escape from his past.
An adjective that describes something or someone happy or energetic.
Rollicking
Who says "You don’t have to do everything alone”?
Salvador
In what town in Montana do Rodeo and Coyote stop to give Salvador the opportunity to play the violin for his mom?
Billings
What does Salvador do towards the end of the book that solidifies his friendship with Coyote?
He helps her dig up the memory box.
Coyote is a dynamic character. Explain how she grows and changes from the beginning of the book to the end.
In the beginning of the story, Coyote is living a lie. She is going by a new name, living life on the road, unable to come to terms with the death of her sisters and the death of her mother five years earlier. By the end of the book, however, Coyote begins to accept her grief. She finally finds closure when she returns to Poplin Springs and digs up the memory box she buried in Sampson Park with her mother and sisters. This closure allows her to move forward with her life.
An adjective used to describe something that is bright or lights up the room.
Phosphorescent
Who said, “I think people are supposed to help each other”?
Coyote
Where does Gladys, the two-hundred pound Finnish Landrace goat who they pick up after their bus breaks down on the side of the highway, need a ride to?
Silver Bar, Washington
Put these events in the correct order:
a. Coyote learns that Sampson Park is being torn down.
b. Coyote and Rodeo see a coyote and her babies out in the wild.
c. Rodeo is arrested.
d. Coyote tells Rodeo that she needs to go home, with or without him.
a. Coyote and Rodeo see a coyote and her babies out in the wild.
b. Coyote learns that Sampson Park is being torn down.
c. Coyote tells Rodeo that she needs to go home, with or without him.
d. Rodeo is arrested.
What does the book suggest about the difference between moving on and moving forward? How do Coyote and Rodeo move forward?
The book suggests that moving on does not mean forgetting loved ones, but moving forward means accepting the loss while still living and growing. Coyote and Rodeo move forward by talking about Ava and Rose and Coyote's mother and accepting that moving forward does not mean forgetting that they existed but remembering that they lived and honoring their memory.